Hose-fastening device



Patented May 8, 1,928. j

`UNITED STATES GLENN RHINEVAULT, OF SAGINAW', MICHIGAN.

Hosr:.rias'rniviiver DEVICE.

` Application led November 29, 1926. Serial No. 151,497.

` or wall of a tub or a pail, or in a perforated stopper or bung made of wood or other suitable material and litting the bung hole of a cask, barrel or other vessel. Y

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive means for producing a tight joint between a flexible tube and the walls of a hole or opening, preferablycounterbored and tapered, in the body to which the tube is ailiXed. The said means, such as a bushing, is adapted to perform its function of making a tight joint and a secure anchor- 'age for the tube by merely being inserted 1n the end or' the tube to expand it, the tube then being drawn through the opening until the expanded part engages in a countersunk or flared part oi' the hole.

A l'urther purpose of my invention is to provide, as a simple and inexpensive article of manufacture a suitable ring or bushing whereby a hose end can be expanded and tightly anchored in afbung or stopper by being received in a hole of the stopper. By means of the ring the expanded end with-in .the holeis prevented from collapsing. With the above andcertain other objects in view, which will appear later in the speci-l ications, my inventioncomprises the devices described and claimed and the equivalentsv thereof.

In the drawings Fig. l is a side view, partly 1n section, showing a flexible hose secured to an apertured stopper by means ofv my invention. y

Fig. 2 is a similar vievv,'showing Vthe mauner of connecting a tlexible tube to the bottom of a tub.

. Fig. 3 is a plan view 'of a cylindrical bush- Fig. 4 is a plan view of a modified lform of bushing, being a split ring.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the device ap-`V plied to a tube and in position to bedrawn with the tube into tight engagement with the body to which it is secured.

As is rclearly shown in the drawings, numeral l indicates a flexible tube or hose, in

the end or' which is received a bushing 2 for expanding the tube end. The body 3 to which the tube is attached may be astopper, as shown in Fig. l, or a tub bottom, as shown in Figs. 2 and'5. The body 3 is formed with a hole 4- of proper size to slidingly receive the tube l. The hole has an end counterbored and preferably tapered to a slight outward flare, as shown at 5, to receive the expanded end of the tube when the latter is drawn taut through the hole el, and its end is tightly tted to the body 3, as for illustration, `from the position indicated in Fig. 5 to that shown in Fig. 2.

The bushing 2 isot slightly greater outside diameter than the inside diameter of tube l, as indicated at A, so as to properly expand the end of the tube. 4

Preferably the bushing` is in the form of a closed ring, as shown in Fig. 3, or if desired it may be a split ring, as shown at 2n in Fig. 4. Y

' Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat ent is: Y Y

l. In combination, a flexible tube, a bushing comprising a cylindricall ring received in an end of said tube for expanding the same, a body formed with a hole to slidingly receive said tube, the wall of said hole near one endthereof counterbored and flared to receive the expanded end ol" said flexible tube and adapted to torni a tight joint when said tube is drawn lengthwise into engage` ment therewith.

2. In combination with a body having an aperture, a tube of flexible material slidingly received in said aperture, af bushing in an 

